Temple Grandin Temple Grandin is one of the world's most accomplished and well known adults with autism. She is a distinguished professor of animal science at Colorado State University and the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Autistic Bain and Visual Thinking. Dr. Grandin has been a pioneer in improving the welfare of farm animals, as well as an outspoken advocate for the autism community. You can visit Temple Grandin online at TempleGrandin.com or follow her on Twitter @DrTempleGrandin and on Facebook @DrTempleGrandin. Read More Read Less